This is a list of Egyptian Navy ships including all ships of the Egyptian Navy as well as its predecessors.
The Egyptian Navy is the largest navy in the Middle East and Africa.[1] Since 2013, the Egyptian Navy made a modernization project in which new vessels were acquired from western sources such as the United States, Germany, Italy and France.[2][3]
Current and future ships edit
Submarines (8) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement |
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Type 209 class | Germany | Attack submarine | 4 active | 1,600 tons | |
Type 033 submarine | China | Attack submarine | 4 active | 1,475 tons surfaced
1,830 tons submerged |
Helicopter Carrier (2) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement |
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Mistral-class | France | Landing helicopter dock (LHD) | 2 active | 21,500 tons |
Frigates (13) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement |
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FREMM | France | Anti-submarine frigate | 1 active | 6,000 tons | |
FREMM | Italy | Multi-purpose frigate | 2 active | 6,700 tons | |
MEKO A200 | Germany | Multi-purpose frigate | 4 active | 3,700 tons | |
Oliver Hazard Perry | United States | Multi-purpose frigate | 4 active | 4,200 tons | |
Knox | United States | Multi-purpose frigate | 2 active | 4,130 tons |
Corvettes (7) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement |
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Gowind-class | France | Multipurpose corvette | 4 active | 2,500 tonnes | |
Descubierta-class corvette | Spain | Multi-purpose corvette | 2 active | 1,482 tonnes | |
Pohang-class corvette | South Korea | ASW corvette | 1 active | 1,220 tonnes |
Fast Attack Craft (38) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement |
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Ambassador Mk III | United States Singapore |
Fast missile craft | 4 active | 600 tonnes | |
P-32 Molniya-class missile craft | Russia | Fast missile craft | 1 active | 550 tonnes | |
October class missile boat | Egypt | Missile boat | 6 active | 82 tonnes | |
Osa class missile boat | Soviet Union | Missile boat | 8 active | 235 tonnes | |
Ramadan class missile boat | United Kingdom | Missile boat | 6 active | 317 tonnes | |
Tiger-class missile boat | West Germany | Missile boat | 5 active | 265 tonnes | |
Shanghai II-class gunboat | People's Republic of China | Gunboat | 8 active | 135 tonnes |
Submarine chasers (8) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement | Ships | Note |
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Hainan-class submarine chaser | People's Republic of China | Anti-submarine vessel | 8 | 430 tonnes | Al Nour (430) | Armament:
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Al Hadi (433) | |||||||
Al Hakeem (436) | |||||||
Al Wakeel (439) | |||||||
Al Kdar (442) | |||||||
Al Samad (445) | |||||||
Al Salam (448) | |||||||
Al Rafe (451) |
Mine warfare vessels (23) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement | Ships | Note |
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T43-class minesweeper | Soviet Union | Minesweeper | 5 | 460 tonnes | Gharbia (501) | Armament:
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Daqahlia (507) | |||||||
Baharia (510) | |||||||
Sinai (513) | |||||||
Assuit (516) | |||||||
Yurka-class minesweeper | Soviet Union | Minesweeper | 4 | 569 tonnes | Giza (530) | Armament:
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Aswan (533) | |||||||
Qena (536) | |||||||
Sohag (539) | |||||||
Dhat Al Sawari-class minehunter | United States | — | Minehunter | 3 | 203 tonnes | Dhat Al Sawari | Armament:
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Navarine | |||||||
Al Burullus | |||||||
Osprey-class minehunter | United States | Minehunter | 2 | 904 tonnes | Al Farouk (534) | The vessels are to receive in-country modernization and technical Support, including the supply of new L3 Machinery Control Systems.[4][5] Armament:
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Al Seddiq (521) | |||||||
Safaga-class mine route survey boat | United States | — | Survey vessel | 2 | 165 tonnes | Safaga | — |
Abu El Ghosn | |||||||
Pluto Plus-class minehunter | Italy | Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) | 3 | — | — | Mine Identification & Disposal | |
Tuima-class minelayer boat | Soviet Union | Minelayer | 4 | 250 tonnes | — | Armament:
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Landing ships and craft (18) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement | Ships | Note |
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Polnocny-class landing ship | Poland | Landing craft tank | 3 | 800 tonnes | 301 | Armament:
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303 | |||||||
305 | |||||||
Vydra-class landing ship | Soviet Union | Landing craft utility | 9 | 600 tonnes | 330 | [6]
Armament:
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332 | |||||||
334 | |||||||
336 | |||||||
338 | |||||||
340 | |||||||
342 | |||||||
344 | |||||||
346 | |||||||
EDA-R-class landing craft | France | Landing craft | 2 | 300 tonnes | GN 011 | [7]
Armament:
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AS 021 | |||||||
CTM-NG-class landing craft | France | Landing craft | 4 | GN 012 | 150 tonnes | [7] | |
GN 013 | |||||||
AS 022 | |||||||
AS 023 |
Support ships (6) edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement | Ships | Note |
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Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship | United Kingdom | Replenishment ship | 2 | 23,482 tonnes | Abu Simbel (233) | [8]
Armament:
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Luxor | |||||||
Lüneburg-class replenishment ship
Type 701E |
Germany | Replenishment ship | 1 | 3,680 tonnes | Shalatin (230) | Armament: | |
Westerwald-class transport ship | Germany | Ammunition ship | 1 | 3,469 tonnes | Halayib (231) | — | |
Poluchat-II-class torpedo retriever | Soviet Union | — | Torpedo retriever | 2 | 95 tonnes | — | — |
Fuel tankers (9) edit
Class | Origin | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement | Ships |
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Toplivo II-class tanker | Soviet Union | Coastal tanker |
9 | 1,200 tonnes | Aida 4 (210) |
Maryut (211) | |||||
Al Furat (212) | |||||
Al Nil (213) | |||||
Ekdu (214) | |||||
Atbarah (215) | |||||
Aida 3 (216) | |||||
Al Manzalla (217) | |||||
Al Burulus (218) |
Tugboats (7) edit
Class | Origin | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement | Ships |
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Okhtenskiy-class oceangoing tug | Egypt | Tugboat | 5 | 940 tonnes | El Max (103) |
El Agamy (105) | |||||
El Kantara (107) | |||||
El Dekheila (109) | |||||
El Eskandarany (111) | |||||
Natick-class harbor tug | United States Egypt |
Tugboat | 2 | 560 tonnes | — |
— |
Miscellaneous vessels edit
Class | Origin | Image | Type | Quantity | Combat displacement | Ships | Note |
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Black Swan-class sloop | United Kingdom | Training ship | 1 | 1,490 tonnes | Tariq (F931) | Armament:
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Intisar training ship | — | Training ship | 1 | 1,000 tonnes | — | — | |
Z-class destroyer | United Kingdom | Training ship | 1 | 2,570 tonnes | ex-Al Fateh, ex HMS Zenith (R95) | Harbour training vessel. Name transferred to first Gowind-class corvette September 2017; report did not specify ship was decommissioned. | |
El Kousseir yacht | — | — | Presidential yacht | 1 | 500 tonnes | — | — |
El Mahrousa super yacht | United Kingdom | Presidential yacht | 1 | 3,762 tonnes | El Mahrousa | — |
Egyptian Coast Guard edit
The Egyptian Coast Guard is responsible for the onshore protection of public installations near the coast and the patrol of coastal waters to prevent smuggling.
Patrol boats edit
- 22 Timsah I/II class
- 12 Sea Spectre PB Mk III class
- 9 Swiftships class
- 6 MV70 class
- 5 P-6 (Project 183) class
- 3 Textron class
Patrol crafts edit
- 25 Swiftships 26m class
- 16 SR.N6 class
- 9 Type 83 class
- 6 Crestitalia class
- 12 Spectre class
- 12 Peterson class
- 5 Nisr class
- 29 DC-30 class
- 3 of 6 MRTP-20 Yonka Onuk MRTP-20 class[9][10]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ GDC (2021-05-03). "Why Egypt Intensifying Its Military Modernization, Training And Exercises In MENA Regions". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ GDC (2020-06-15). "Italy approves the sale of two Fincantieri FREMM frigates for Egyptian Navy". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "Egyptian Navy In-Country Technical Assistance and Support".
- ^ "L3 Maritime Systems Wins Contract to Provide Machinery Control Systems for Egyptian Minehunters".
- ^ "Project 106 class".
- ^ a b "Le premier catamaran de débarquement égyptien rejoint Saint-Nazaire". 18 April 2016.
- ^ McGrath, Rebecca (18 July 2022). "Ex-navy ship towed across River Mersey for renaming". Wirral Globe. Warrington. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "قائد القوات البحرية: أحدث لنشات الصواريخ تنضم للخدمة 2013.. وبناء غواصتين من الجيل المتقدم بألمانيا - بوابة الأهرام". Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- ^ "First Turkish Interceptor Delivered To Egyptian Navy |". 14 December 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
External links edit
- https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C&dq=st802+radar&pg=PA173
- https://books.google.com/books?id=TEmPseAGX_sC&dq=Toplivo+II+class+tanker&pg=PA140
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093053/http://119.63.205.89/~baird/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=262%3Aswiftships-to-build-25-fast-patrol-craft-for-egyptian-navy&catid=73&Itemid=65
- http://www.thebahrainconspiracy.com/the-military-ships.php
- http://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/netherlands-submarine-import-and-export-behavior/
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- http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/africa/egypt.htm#2
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/egypt/navy-equipment.htm
- http://combatfleetoftheworld.blogspot.com/
- http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/DataShip?DB=DB3000